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Learn Italian: how to make risotto with the best rice

17 April, 2020
How do you go about choosing the best rice for your risotto? If you’ve ever been to an Italian supermarket, you will have seen, and most likely been confused by, the great variety of Italian rice at hand.And one golden…
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Italian words in English: "al fresco"

13 April, 2020
English and Italian borrow words from each other, with Italian words in English generally of the culinary variety. After I was roundly criticised by one commenter for making fun of Italians and their use of the word ‘trendy’, we thought…
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Italian words in English: the meaning of fiasco

12 April, 2020
The word of the day in our learning Italian post today is “fiasco”. In Italy, the word “fiasco” generally means a spectacular flop for any performance in theatre or television. In English we often use it to mean a dramatic…
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Italian sayings: the word "dai!"

12 April, 2020
We have a quick look today at the word, or rather onomatopoeic expression, of “dai”. It’s a subtle word and its meaning changes depending entirely on inflection, tone and volume. A quick list below.“Dai” said with an irritated tone can…
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Italian word of the day: limonare

12 April, 2020
Strange but true: in Italian the word “limonare” (to lemon), means to kiss. The etymology is mysterious, but according to some sources the verb derives from “lemon”, used as a synonym for tongue. The use would be something as follows,…
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Learning to speak Italian: guide to gendered nouns

8 April, 2020
We were going to write some stuff on Italian men and women, but until we get around to doing that, we may as well examine the gendered nouns of the language. For English speakers learning the Italian language, there are…
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Video: Monty Python Italian lessons

24 March, 2020
This is an oldie but a goodie: Monty Python Italian lessons. In hyperbolic style, Giuseppe answers all the questions in fluent Italian and translates, and there’s an interruption from a German getting the wrong class, before someone pulls out the…
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Learn to speak Italian: "tu" and "lei" formalities

24 March, 2020
English is quite subtle in its formal and informal registers - you say “good morning” rather than “hi”, “how are you” as opposed to “what’s happening”. But Italian has an entire grammar structure dedicated to formal language in the form…
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Actress Hilary Swank on her love affair with Italy

16 March, 2020
In a long interview granted to Italian magazine Grazia, American actress Hilary Swank talked at length about her love for Italy and its language. The first time she visited the country , she was 16 and fell immediately in love…
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